The RIAA (Recording Industry Association Of America) will launch an attack on users of such popular file trading services, according to sources by flooding the services with anti-piracy messages. When users attempt to download their favorite music, they may receive a warning from the organization instead, which says "When you offer music on these systems, you are not anonymous and you can easily be identified." The organization’s anti peer-to-peer file trading stance was delivered a set back this week, when a judge in Los Angeles ruled in favor of Morpheus and Grokster, two services that allow people to share music, movies and other digital files freely on the net. Judge Stephen Wilson of the United States District Court ruled that Morpheus and Grokster are not guilty of copyright infringement. The judge stated that the services were no different from the companies that created the VCR, which also allowed consumers to make their own copies. The RIAA will release almost 1 million messages to users of the services the first week and up to 2 million on their next wave. The organization said it cannot be accused of illegally spamming users with the messages, because the files are being "requested" by the person downloading.
The RIAA (Recording Industry Association Of America)
will launch an attack on users of such popular file trading services, according
to sources by flooding the services with anti-piracy messages.
When users attempt to download their favorite
music, they may receive a warning from the organization instead, which says
"When you offer music on these systems, you are not anonymous and you can
easily be identified."
The organization’s anti peer-to-peer file trading
stance was delivered a set back this week, when a judge in Los Angeles ruled
in favor of Morpheus and Grokster, two services that allow people to share music,
movies and other digital files freely on the net.
Judge Stephen Wilson of the United States District
Court ruled that Morpheus and Grokster are not guilty of copyright infringement.
The judge stated that the services were no different from the companies that
created the VCR, which also allowed consumers to make their own copies.
The RIAA will release almost 1 million messages
to users of the services the first week and up to 2 million on their next wave.
The organization said it cannot be accused of
illegally spamming users with the messages, because the files are being "requested"
by the person downloading.